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# XIA Automation Server

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> XIA Automation is a powerful task automation tool that automates user account provisioning and IT management tasks. It enables IT support staff to automate or delegate common network management tasks, such as provisioning user accounts into Active Directory, Exchange, Office 365, and Google, as well as managing users and changing passwords from a web interface or mobile device.
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> Verdict: Rated **5.0/5** by 6 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Key benefits of XIA Automation Server

XIA Automation is a task automation tool that helps organizations automate user account provisioning and IT management tasks. It is designed for educational institutions such as schools, colleges, and universities, as well as other sectors. XIA Automation streamlines the process of creating and managing user accounts across a range of technologies, including Active Directory, Exchange, Office 365, and Google.

One key feature is the ability to bulk provision users, groups, and directories from a CSV file. This saves organizations time and effort, especially when dealing with a large number of user accounts. The software also provides full automation of Active Directory management, allowing users to easily manage user accounts, groups, and organizational units. Additionally, XIA Automation offers password reset capabilities, enabling administrators to reset Active Directory user passwords from a mobile device or delegate this task to non-administrative staff.

The web-based interface allows users to execute tasks from either a desktop or mobile device, providing flexibility and convenience. Customers have praised XIA Automation for its ease of use and the time-saving benefits it provides, helping to reduce the workload of IT support staff and enabling non-technical personnel to perform common network management tasks.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **5.0/5** | 6 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support Software | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 100% | (10/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: CENTREL Solutions
- **Location**: Witney, UK
- **Founded**: 2008

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: £5,000.00
- **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: Licensed for a single Active Directory Domain used by a single organisation
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Windows (Desktop)
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: United Kingdom

## Features

- Access Controls/Permissions
- Alerts/Notifications
- Compliance Management
- Data Import/Export
- IT Asset Management Software
- IT Reporting
- Remote Access/Control
- Self Service Portal
- Task Management Software
- Third-Party Integrations

## Category

- [IT Management Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/771/it-management/software)

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## Reviews

### "Feature Rich, Simple Management and Low Cost solution for AD management." — 5.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *January 25, 2018* | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: - Support is always quick and responsive to any questions or issues.
 - Requested features have been added in a timely manner with feedback during the process.
 - No need for multiple templates for account creation jobs like other software options.
 - No need to have all data perfectly set to what it will look like in AD before import. Can easily manipulate the data as part of the job tasks.
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> **Cons**: - Some scripting may be needed for some advanced features, but we came from a scripting only solution, so that was not an issue.
 - Errors found in large import files take time to pre-process and then need to be fixed and run through the pre-process again instead of having the ability to process correct items.

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### "Clever software that can do so much" — 5.0/5

> **Alex** | *August 17, 2022* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Automating user management in AD using XIA has made the process of creating, updating, disabling and reenabling users a completely handoff process. There are so many options and possibilities and the developers have put a huge amount of thought into all the possible features you could ever need.

The customer support is outstanding  and has been so helpful and patient n answering questions  whenever asked.
> 
> **Cons**: There is a lot to learn but lots of the setup process for making automated tasks is very logical, so there can be a learning curve but this isn't a negative and you get to set all the options you can use to improve and streamline your previous processes, and the supporting documentation and the customer support is excellent so you don't have to worry if you have any queries.

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### "XIA Automation Server Review" — 5.0/5

> **Mark** | *February 14, 2017* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Being able to get teachers to reset student passwords eliminating the need for pupils to leave the classroom
> 
> **Cons**: Initial setup takes a lot of work,
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> We find that this is a very useful product and eliminates the need to swamp the IT support staff with student password resets.

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### "XIA Automation, only limited by your imagination" — 5.0/5

> **Martin** | *January 4, 2017* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: The return on investment is immense if you have any time consuming repetitive tasks to perform.
Automating repetitive tasks with XIA Automation ensures mistakes made while manually performing these tasks never happens.
Being able to easily delegate any task without giving any elevated access to a user is invaluable.
Simple to setup.
Easy to use.
> 
> **Cons**: Haven't found anything I do not like about this software.
> 
> This software allows you to automate and almost as importantly delegate any administrative task in AD, Exchange, on servers, on workstations, and anything else you can script somehow.

It has its own script designer and it can also run pretty much any other script you care to create too. 

It accepts web form inputs for the variables to pass or a CSV file.

Customer support has alway been second to none.

Try it out, you'll see why I like it so much.

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### "XIA Automation is definitely a game-changer for our managed service delivery. Highly recommended." — 5.0/5

> **Aidan** | *July 5, 2017* | Computer & Network Security | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Flexible and with high level of customisation.
Very reliable and easy to deploy.
Updates are easy to apply and always work.
> 
> It allows us to hand-off certain low risk tasks to on-site personnel which frees our helpdesk from the more mundane tasks and empowers our clients to perform self service roles safely.

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